It should be entertaining to watch Mr. Gold double-cross Regina without ever actually breaking his word. At least, that's what I predict will be happening. I'm also predicting that once that happens Regina will play Belle as a bargaining chip to get him to do her bidding at which point he'll call in his favor with Emma.

Should also be fun to watch Emma transition into believing in the curse/magic.

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I don't think Emma will do the smart thing and feed misinformation. Though now that Kathryn has been found, the charges will be have to be dropped. Of course, the question is, where did the heart come from? Wasn't it confirmed to be Kathryn's?

FaxModem1 wrote:I don't think Emma will do the smart thing and feed misinformation.

It's a 50/50 chance. Ideally, Emma should realize that Regina has known every move of their game from the start and use that to her advantage. But I agree that if Emma lets her emotions get to her, then she will probably go after the ex-reporter. If anyone could convince her to take a more long-term route with Sindey, it would be either Gold or Booth.

On the subject of Booth, based on last night's preview, I've got a new theory to his identity:

[spoiler=]He's an older Baelfire, Rumpelstiltskin's son. The flaw, of course, is that Rumpelstiltskin implied to Belle that his son had died.[/spoiler]

On a side note, I am curious to know what happened to Cora. Was it stated earlier in the season whether she was dead by the time Regina activated the Curse?

FaxModem1 wrote:Of course, the question is, where did the heart come from? Wasn't it confirmed to be Kathryn's?

Yes, DNA matched it to Kathryn. It's possible that Regina magically produced the heart.

But if so, why bring Kathryn back now when the trial is about to destroy her old enemy? Or is Gold's doing?

Again, this is the problem with a cerebral antagonist like Regina; you need to take into account the possibility that there are plans within plans. That, or I'm giving her too much credit.

With Mr. Gold, I'd say you would be right about plans within plans. Regina doesn't seem that clever. Her arrogance and grandstanding, to Emma usually, have stopped her more often than not. Her big Achilles heel has always been her love of bragging to whoever she's up against.

Probably not, she enjoyed things being static for almost 30 years. With Mary forever alone and David in a coma. It was only when Emma came to town that the status quo started getting shook up, things started changing(the first being the clock moving), and Regina as queen of the town in all but name.

somehow I was thinking you were talking about the Sergio Leone douology where I would say that once upon a time in the west is the better half. Also I need to get my copy of my nam is nobody back from that cook...

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FaxModem1 wrote:Another episode this week, and now we know where the curse originally came from.

And we also have a major continuity error: if all magic ceases to function in this world, then how does Queenie's magical heart-deposit-box room still work? She killed the Huntsman with magic, by crushing his magically extracted and magically stored heart.

At the very least we have some exceptions to the whole "this world has no magic" line.

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FaxModem1 wrote:Another episode this week, and now we know where the curse originally came from.

And we also have a major continuity error: if all magic ceases to function in this world, then how does Queenie's magical heart-deposit-box room still work? She killed the Huntsman with magic, by crushing his magically extracted and magically stored heart.

At the very least we have some exceptions to the whole "this world has no magic" line.

Other measures of magic have been demonstrated:1. No one can leave the town2. Until Emma showed up time in the town was at a standstill

I think all magic not directly connected to Emma (the hatter claimed she had magic before his disappearance) has to come from the curse. Therefore Regina is the sole person able to "control" the curse as its originator and so retains some magical abilities.

The Blue Fairy was right. If Snow had come through as Emma's guardian, things would have turned out differently. No one counted on Gepetto's refusal to play ball -- or that without a suitable protector, Emma would be too emotionally damaged.

The Blue Fairy was right. If Snow had come through as Emma's guardian, things would have turned out differently. No one counted on Gepetto's refusal to play ball -- or that without a suitable protector, Emma would be too emotionally damaged.

I'm not so sure Snow would've made a "suitable" protector in this world either.

I mean, the only two professions she's ever known are being royalty and being a thief. Only of those would work in America; add to that she'd be telling her child that they're actually fairytale characters from a parallel universe and it'd only take one run-in with the law before CPS steps in and we get back to square one as far as Emma is concerned.